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Show -Pir aiCiUQ'Sas boimig taleimts to Sdyrofnful r" " Jc f.L-v - yVf;rC " i 'f . -. .V- , A l ' L ' X-"'&i. iH:w.y 'M&'i'- Malone camp a big success By TOM H ARALDSEN ' ' Sports Editor BOUNTEFUL-Utah Jazz . forward for-ward Karl Malone officially ' ushered in the start of his week-long : Mailman's Basketball Camp with an orientation night for participant v and their parents Saturday night . Several hundred filled almost the entire southside bleachers as Malone joined with local dignitaries . for the session. Bountiful High principal Rulon Homer welcomed . . the camp to tiie school city Mayor l; Dean Stahle offered his welcome, and a number of camp instructors spoke. . , , - r Highlighting the night was Malone himself, who spoke' to the "; campers for about .20 minutes, - outlining what was expected from , each of them. Camp director Gor-; Gor-; don Youngblood helped with awarding awar-ding of several prizes, including basketballs from Wilson Sporting v Goods, shoes from Converse, and two trips for two to any Jazz game . away from the Salt Palace next ? v season, courtesy of Delta Air Lines, r v , There were also prizes from Coca-Cola Coca-Cola as well. ' ! ' , The camp began early Monday, , The Mailman's Basketball Camp opened Monday at Bountiful High with Utah Jazz star Karl Malone putting campers. ; through their paces early. with over 525 young people involved. in-volved. Coaches ... included Mike Hall, Brad Christensen, Dave . Wigham and Jill Avery from the Bountiful High staff, Jazz star Eric Leckner, plus a number of other local coaches and standout players. The camp is broken down into two groups, with the younger group 12 and under having about 315 par-. ticipants. A 13-18 year old group is smaller by about 100 participants. Activities will continue through Friday. Campers will then be treated by the Mailman to a free day at Lagoon next Tuesday, June 27. |